meadow garden

meadow garden

Mon Oct 20, 2014 6:20 pm

I just moved in to a house with lots of annual vegetable garden space but I don't use that many vegetables. I want to take a rather large chunk and plant flowers. There are mixes on american meadows that I like so I would just be broadcast sowing without defined beds or mulching around the flowers. The area though is somewhat taken over by what I've IDed as Galinsoga ciliata, quickweed. I got rid of some sections by laying down cardboard and the rabbits like it. I'm not sure if I will till in the spring. The soil is loose and the borrowed old tiller is a pain. Do I need to get rid of the ciliata or will the wildflowers steadily crowd it out until it's just a small part of the mix?

Re: meadow garden

Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:59 pm

I guess anything I plant to crowd the weeds will then crowd my flowers. I might have to cardboard and newspaper with a layer of compost. Bad back, bad knees, bad heart... I can't handpick the weeds and only moderate hoeing and raking.